We regret to announce that Graham Hoof passed away on Thursday 23rd May. Graham was a long time supporter of St.Georges CC, who was invariably present at both home and away games, and was previously often to be seen rolling the pitches. In recent years he suffered from poor health, but still made occasional appearances at the club. Further details will be posted in due course.

The annual competition takes place on Sunday 25th August at St.Georges Cricket Club. We are now taking entries on a first-come/first served basis. It’s a light-hearted competition designed to include non-cricketers. Follow this link for more information and to get an application form.

With great regret we report that Graham (“Gilly”) Palin passed away on Thursday 9th April 2019, after a long illness. Members and former members will remember Gilly with affection as the steward of St.Georges Sports and Social Club for many years before his retirement. In his younger years he was also an active participant in St.Georges sports clubs, notably the cricket club. He captained St.Georges 2nd XI for five years in the 1970s. After retiring as steward he did a couple of stints as caretaker steward and was a frequent visitor to the club on the “right” side of the bar as a member of the domino team. We send our condolences to June and his family. The funeral is at Telford Crematorium on Tuesday May 7th at 12:30 pm

Please come along to the club on Friday 29th March from to renew or join up as a member for 2019. We will be there from 7.00 pm to take membership registrations. New members welcome! You can download a registration form here

We will be holding our 2019 registration evening for junior members on Monday 18th March at 6:45 pm. The parents of 2018 members will be sent a registration pack. For new members a copy can be downloaded by clicking on this link. Seaton Sports of Wellington will be there with a range of equipment and club clothing.

Posthumous Award for Malcolm

Malcolm Webster, who tragically passed away shortly before the start of the 2018 season, has been awarded a Telford50 Community Pride award in recognition of all the voluntary work he did in the local community. His efforts went far beyond what he did for St.Georges Cricket Club. Click on this link to see the interview with his mother and his brother at the awards ceremony.

We are grateful to Sheila Angeloff, sister of former prominent St.Georges and Shropshire cricketer Dennis Marsh, for sending us this item of news. Dennis recently died and several St.Georges members attended his funeral in Bristol in January this year, where he had lived for many years after leaving the area. His son Tom, also a cricketer said “We buried Dad’s ashes this morning. This is his cricket bat willow that the cricket club had donated. In years to come when the tree is big enough, it will be cut down to make cricket bats. Dad’s ashes are at the roots, so he will be part of the tree. We didn’t have many words to say whilst burying the ashes… Because at those kind of moments, only dad had enough words to describe any moment. We can visit the tree at any moment, especially when I get a duck whilst getting caught at cow corner.”

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Irrelevant Facts & Other Useless Info

Did you know that St.Georges Cricket Club hosted the world's first ever international cricket match? ... Yes all right, it wasn't us. The match was held at St.Georges Cricket Club, Manhattan, New York in 1844 and was contested between USA and Canada.
it's true!

In a 1970s match against Oswestry at Church Street, Oswestry
achieved the rare feat of two hat-tricks during the Dragons' innings. Our longest serving member, Stan Higgins , was the non-striker throughout. Stranger still ..... St.Georges won the match .. it's true!

Sir Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest legends in the history of the game, once signed as a St.Georges player. He was never selected though (we had a lot of left handers that year) .. it's true!

Although Sobers did it first, Avi Mathur, batting for St.Georges 3rd XI at Church Street once hit six sixes in an over...
it's true!

The scorebox at Lilleshall Cricket Club once stood at St.Georges, where the nets now are..
it's true!

Before St.Georges Cricket Club was formally constituted in 1922, the club was known as St.Georges Bible Class C.C. ....
it's true!

In the 1980s, when overseas players first began to appear in Shropshire cricket, St.Georges considered signing a promising young West Indian batsman. In the end, the club decided he lacked sufficient experience to fulfill the role. His name was B.C. Lara .. it's true!

St.Georges once fielded an Under 16 team which contained four pairs of brothers, including two pairs of twins ... it's true!

Paul Smart, club groundsman and long-suffering Wolves fan, once hit Shoahib Ahktar, then the fastest chucker bowler in the world, for six in a Birmingham League match.

(OK, that one's not true - he got Snork out for a duck)

Occasional 4th team player "Dogged" Dave Smith batted for 16 overs for nought not out on the last day of the 2012 season ... it's true!